See Ann Truitt Exhibit: Perception and Reflection at the Hirshhorn Museum

The first major exhibition of TruittÂÂ's work since 1974, "Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection" is a survey of two- and three-dimensional works made during the artistÂÂ's 50-year career. A variety of large-scale sculptures are on view, including formative pieces from the early 1960's that suggest the architectural environment of the artist's childhood on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The retrospective also presents the column sculptures that became the hallmark of Truitt's profoundly focused practice. Acting as a painter as well as a sculptor, the artist wrapped color around the corners of these sculptures, creating visually poetic relationships between structure and surface. Throughout her work, she investigated proportion, scale and color, as well as perception and memory. After leaving the field of clinical psychology in the mid-1940's, Truitt began making figurative sculptures, but turned toward reduced geometric forms after seeing works by Barnett Newman and Ad Reinhardt in 1961. Truitt was born in Baltimore, MD, but lived in Washington for most of her adult life and has been largely under-recognized for her contribution to post-1960 art. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at Smithsonian Metro, mall exit. Cost: $0 members/$10 non-members. Join anytime at http://DCActiveSingles.com. Optional pay-as-you-go lunch at Museum of American Indian to follow. Contact Liz@DCActiveSingles.com with questions.